News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-10-13
FARM AND GARDEN,
SeasonabIe Notes About Work on
the Farm.

LIVE STocK NoTEs.-Pork, beef and
mutton can be made now much cheaper
| than in cold weather, and fattening ami
mails should be pushed forward. Sheep,
when they can be bought favorablv,
turn the straw to good account, especi-
! with the help of a moderate ration of
| grain. The manure is an important
| part of the profits in fattening sheep,
Cows due to calve in the winter months.
should be brought into good condition
| by feeding roots and bran, to keep the
bowels open. If new stock of pigs is
| bought, quarantine them before allow
ing them to go with the herd, for fear
of introducing diseases. In fattening
do not feed exclusively on corn, but feed
refuse fruit, roots and other fresh vege-
table food to improve the appetite.
Well-fattened pigs of about two hundred
pounds weight meet with ready sale to
city families. Poultry should have
every provision for their comfort and
health, if eggs are desired. Do hot for
get ground or broken bone, shells, and
meat, cabbages and other vegetables, as
producers.
KITCHEN AND MARKET GARDEN. Re
turns from the second sowings will now
be coming in, and whether the crops are
marketed or consumed on the home
table, the gardener will rejoice that he
followed the advice to SOW succession
crops. Celery should now be handled
by bringing the leaves to an upright
position, and holding them there by
drawing the earth to them, and pressing
this firmly with the hands. Thyme and
other herbs should be cut and dried in
the shade if for home use, or made into
punches if for the market. Market gar
deners cut out every other row, and
leave the rest to grow, and fill the space
thus left. Spinach may still be sown
for use next spring; weed that already
up and thin for use. Pick Lima beams
as they ripen, and shell for winter use.
Ii frost threatens, take up the poles
with the vines, and set under a shed
where they may be gathered rs wanted.
Continue to dry sweet corn. Beets are
to be gathered before frosts. Feed the
tops to COWS. In a compact pile, and
covered with straw or boards, they will
remain thus roughly ensiloed in a
fresh state for long time Pack the
roots intended for table use in barrels
or boxes covered with sand or earth to
keep from shrivelling. Treat carrots
and other roots in the same way, and pit
the remainder. Take up enough pars-
nips and satisfy for winter use, and
leave the rest in the ground. Squashes
are injured by heavy frosts; if such is
threatened, gather them up into heap,
and cover them well with vines.
ORCHARD AND FRUIT GARDEN.-Har-
vesting the fruit which still remains
on the trees, will be the important work
of the month. Autumn pears should
be gathered before they begin to mel
low. Winter varieties may be left on
the trees until there is danger of freez-
ing, when they should be treated the
same as winter apples. Grapes intended
for the holiday sales should remain on
the vines, until the shrivelling of the
stem of the clusters shows them to be
fully ripe. Pick, handling them by the
stems, and lay the clusters in a single
layer in trays OF drawers, which should
be carried careful to the fruit room, and
placed upon racks which will separate
them sufficiently to allow of abundant
ventilation. The room should be dark,
with provision for the admission of cool,
dry air. Good keeping grapes may re-
main in such a room for weeks, and
when needed for market will be found
we'll ''cured, 4. e., the stems dried and
the skins much toughened, and will en-
dure the needed pressure in packing i'll
boxes without cracking. The "Con-
cords" should be marketed the earliest,
but even this tender-skinned variety
will be benefited by ''curing." Manure
the orchard. If the trees have yielded
q generous crop of fruit, repay them
with a generous top-dressing of manure,
applied this autumn or next spring.
Taking away constantly and returning
nothing, is the best way to ''run out an
orchard.
The PoULTRY YARD IN Autumn
Mistake is made sometimes by poultry
fanciers, and those in the business as
hen for ef 1sf'@ Br6oYng t22 many ~ Rgs aEr HndGE
ber than nine eggs can be set with per-
feet safety, in the autumn; and, there
fore, if it be desirable to bring out
many chickens, the art of managing
two or more sitting hens at once should
be acquired. In such case the fancier
or breeder can put two broods together,
and, being careful about the night
shelter, there need be no difficulty in ac-
comodating so many broods as shall
number twenty to fifty chickens to the
attention of a single hen, particularly If
the weather be reasonably mild and set
tied
Late chickens should be cared for by
their mother until few weeks old,
when they can be placed together in a
well sized box, the open sides OF which
are covered with coarse wire netting.
The floor of the box should be well COW
cred with fresh soil, and have a simply
made brOOder at one end, for the little
things to run under at night. Give the
box a place in the kitchen, for the
chicks can't get under your feet, nor
can rats or cats disturb them; set box
and contents out in the sun when it
shines warmly; change soil frequently,
feed and watch brood carefully. In
this way il willnot be difficult to raise all
successfully.
Do not keep too many old hens. Sc
lect reliable old sitters and mothers. as
many as are needed for that purpose.
Dispose of the rest, and keep early
Matched spring pullets to lay in fall and
winter.
For keeping brooding hens cleanly,
invest in good bunch Of tobacco
leaves; put few leaves under the sit
ting hens, and scatter them around the
fowl house; tie some bunches on the
sides also, and there will be no trouble
from vermin.-Am8ican 1gricuIturtst.